Lightning Fist

After waiting more than ten minutes, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine finally loosened its Binding around the Cat-headed Dog, revealing a corpse that barely resembled a cat anymore.

Still bound by the demonic vine, it was dragged off in some unknown direction, presumably to dispose of the body.

Chen Huang watched and silently memorized the direction.

The Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine moved like a human stomach, writhing as it sent blood and nutrients back to its main body. After a long while, it grew an entirely new branch. Then came a second one.

One Thousand Eight Hundred Years. That was the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine's current age.

It was actually just a little higher than they had expected. Tang Hao glanced at his precious daughter. This age was still acceptable. After all, his daughter had never neglected her training and was still stronger than ordinary Soul Masters of the same rank.

Xiao Shan nodded in satisfaction. Though it was only two hundred years more this time, the difference next time would not be merely two hundred years.

Tang Hao drew a short sword. Several flashes of sword light streaked out, and all eight of the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine's tendrils were severed at their roots. Now, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine had lost its ability to resist. Its means of attack had basically relied on those branching vines.

Xiao Shan stepped forward with a dagger in hand and briskly delivered the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine its final blow, cutting it in half at the waist. A purple Spirit Ring floated out from the cut.

Watching Xiao Shan sit cross-legged and begin absorbing the Spirit Ring, Chen Huang said to Tang Hao, "Teacher, I'm going to take a look around."

He wanted to see where that branch had thrown the Cat-headed Dog's corpse.

It was difficult for a Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine to grow, because it could only begin growing rapidly once it reached a thousand years. After all, it could not grow vines like these until after a thousand years.

Chen Huang concluded that it had reached sixteen hundred years by hunting and sucking blood. There had probably been plenty of corpses before this. He needed to go look for them.

Tang Hao actually did not want Chen Huang wandering around nearby. What if he ran into a Soul Beast? Besides, Xiao Shan was still absorbing her Spirit Ring. Someone had to watch over her.

Chen Huang immediately saw that Tang Hao was worried.

"Don't worry, teacher. I'm just going to see where the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine dumped those dried corpses. I'll come right back after one look," Chen Huang said. "Besides, this area is the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine's territory. There won't be that many Soul Beasts stupid enough to come here."

Tang Hao nodded. "All right, go ahead. If you run into danger, shout. I'll hear you."

"Yes, teacher. I understand."

Chen Huang first headed in the direction he had just memorized.

First, he needed to see whether the Cat-headed Dog had been dumped together with the other dried corpses.

He had been a rural person in his previous life, so he understood some things very well. In his mind, Douluo Dalu's power system was indeed lofty and powerful, setting aside its outward forms. Soul Masters in Douluo Dalu pursued power single-mindedly, but in reality, they could not fully bring out the strength in their bodies.

The age of a Soul Beast was already a very practical measure.

In a wuxia world, tiger bones that were only a few decades old would be a great tonic. There was also ginseng, deer antler, lingzhi, snake gallbladders, and all sorts of animal penises. Many of these could be used as medicine, and quite a few could improve a martial artist's cultivation. Even specimens only a few decades old were great tonics. What about ones that were thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years old? Wouldn't eating them make someone immortal?

Nowadays, many young people in the cities would not even know such things existed unless they read novels. They would probably soak Ultraman in alcohol instead.

Animal bones could be classified as cultivation resources, medicinal ingredients, or materials for forging artifacts. Chen Huang could collect the bones left behind after the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine had eaten its fill. Whether he gave them away or sold them, they would be useful. He could also check whether there were one or two Spirit Bones among them.

Based on his current guess, these corpses might have been disposed of in several ways.

The first possibility was that they had all been dumped in one spot, like a mass grave. If that was the case, it would be easy. He should be in for a huge harvest shortly.

The second possibility was that the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine's main body was the center, while the length of its vines formed the radius. Of course, the vines might have continued growing, so if he drew a circle now based on that center and radius, it might be too large. The corpses might have been casually tossed somewhere along that circle, without any fixed direction.

The third possibility was the most careless. It did not matter whether it was east, south, west, or north, nor did it matter how far the previous corpse had been thrown. One might be tossed ten meters to the east, another twenty meters to the west. Just scattered everywhere. That would be much harder to search.

However, low-age Soul Beasts were generally not intelligent, so the first possibility was the most likely.

That meant Chen Huang was facing a gold mine. And a gold mine was a good thing.

After walking fifty meters in that direction, he found a large pit. All the corpses had been dumped into it.

Beneath lay gleaming white bones, while the cat corpse had simply been tossed on top.

"So many bones. This Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine really ate a lot. What a greedy little glutton," Chen Huang exclaimed. The pit was five or six meters wide. Its depth was unknown for now, but just the surface layer alone held plenty. There were at least a dozen or twenty complete skeletons.

He took his Mizong Staff from his Storage Soul Tool and, with great distaste, pushed the Cat-headed Dog's dried corpse aside.

These bones were very intact, making it easy to identify their species at a glance.

There were birds, snakes, wolves, rabbits, and more. Those made up the majority. Among them, he picked out a set of Tiger Bone and a set of deer bones. Unfortunately, the pair of large antlers on the skull had already been ruined. They were the sort of thing that needed careful preservation. After so many years of wind, rain, and insect bites, they had long since deteriorated.

"What's this?!" Chen Huang moved the skeletons out one by one, only then discovering a Treasure Bone beneath them, engraved with mysterious patterns and faintly gleaming. "There really is a Spirit Bone. Just this one Spirit Bone makes this trip a huge profit. It's even a Dragon Type Soul Beast's Spirit Bone."

He smiled and pulled the Spirit Bone from that dragon skeleton. It looked like a Right Arm Bone.

"How old is this Spirit Bone? A Hundred Year one? It should be a Hundred Year one. If it were a thousand-year one, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Vine would not have been so low-aged. A Hundred Year Soul Beast producing a Spirit Bone is really rare, especially a dragon bone."

He opened the Chat Group and sent the Spirit Bone to Yang Jian. Either he absorbed it himself, or he would have no way of figuring out its effects. Yang Jian could serve as an appraiser. That was perfect.

Yang Jian received the notification, opened the red packet, and accepted the Spirit Bone.

He smiled. "It's been six years, and Xiao Huang has only sent over one Spirit Bone. His efficiency really is a little poor."

"This Spirit Bone is of somewhat poor quality. Still, it has lightning abilities."

This Spirit Bone was called the Lightning Salamander's Right Arm Bone. Its Soul Bone Skill was Lightning Fist. This Salamander did count as a Dragon Type Soul Beast, but only in Chen Huang's world. Oh, Zephyr's world had them too, and Tsunade's world had some big lizard, right? Those were Western Dragons. Yang Jian was not sure.

After examining it for a while, he sent the Spirit Bone back to Xiao Huang.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: Xiao Huang, this is a Lightning Salamander's Right Arm Bone. It has a soul skill called Lightning Fist. It's fairly decent, though its age is a little low.

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